Listen to the Poem “Digging” by Irish Writer Seamus Heaney!

His works often deal with the local surrounding in Ireland, he now lives in Dublin, and Northern Ireland. That’s where he was born April 13, 1939.Β Β Poet, playwright, translator and lecturer Seamus Heaney.

And if you wanna go to Ireland without actually being there now, just listen to the excerpt of his 1966 debut book we present here. Much has happened since it was written. A Nobel Prize in 1995, and many other books up to his latest release “Human Chain” – the twelfth collection of poems by Seamus Heaney.

The poem “Digging” after the jump/below. Enjoy.

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Video: Black aka Colin Vearncombe in Turkey 2012 (plus some facts about Istanbul)!

Remember our exclusive interview with Black aka Colin Vearncombe back in March? He mentioned playing in Turkey shortly afterwards. And he did. To show how special those nights were Black conducted a video presenting highlights and backstage footage of the gigs. That’s cool. But even cooler is the fact that fans, so maybe you, could send their own video clips and find them included in the video…

So why not checking if you’re in there? The video after the jump/below.

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